I wonder if when they saw their purchase on the blogs and the news they said F**** it

One thing I do know, if you sell a place to a star or a mogul esp an ultra rich one, you and all of those in the deal need to keep your mouths shut until the check has been cashed and the new owners have moved in, I guess the realtors will never learned from the madonna episodes ............

remember loose lips sink ships, or kill uber deals such as this one.....lol

well, first off, what does average joe, know about the super rich?, my source (that was questioned, but now appears to have been right on a week ago,) was that the deal fell through because they wanted to change the design of the house so it was more modern in design and that the experts brought in, nixed it....... ...)and joe.. come on, because a much of us.. non billionaires are chatting back and forth about what these people buy or do , ha, do you think they give a crap? that does not kill deals. talk is not what killed the madonna deal either. you need to check your sources.

This is what I hear too...there was a deal for a huge amount of money. It didn't happen. Deal die. It happens.

No one is going to be sued Av. Joe, although I think that would make you pee your pants with joy.

As far as the rich losing money, in general you are right by my experience. But, these new billionaires out of Russia don't seem to give a shit about losing ten or twenty million...the money is too new, too easy, and too plentiful for them to care.

Maybe they found out their property tax bill was going to be somewhere around $850,000 a year and backed out. I mean holy shit! I don't care how rich you are that's a lot of dough to cough up every year.

I was just on themls, I am looking to buy a place in the hills on doheny or sunset plaza , it looks like the sellers are adding 2MM to their prices ??? what the F****

Do they know something that we don't know ? are they in denial ? or are they going for broke ? example a few 4MM places on the birds street 2 months ago and they are still on the market, the sellers just added an extra 2MM to those properties, I wonder if they are taking the dollar decline into account and that is why they are raising their already outrageous prices...... they are Frank Lloyd designed, I wonder if his name adds significant value to a home ?

Hey PP, now that Ms. Nancy is still ownin that purty beach house and we take a break and wait for the next buyer scoop, can you give us the 411 on what happened with she and Dick? I've not heard any goss and I'm way curious. Thanks, and I believe you, btw...

LBG, Freeman House has belonged to USC for many years. It was once in a terrible state but has been undergoing renovations. Much of the work (like Ennis House) needed was structural so looking at the house from the street or Highland below would give a mistaken impression that the house is in disrepair.

The only privately owned FLLW homes in Los Angeles are Storer House (formerly owned by Joel Silver), Millard House (La Miniatura) in Pasadena, & Sturges House in Brentwood. Pearce House is located just a bit away from Los Angeles in Bradbury.

Someone is just starting the day by testing Mama & the childrins patience and good nature.

I haven't tried to get to the Pearce because always heard it was in a gated community. I'm also not a big Usonian fan so it doesn't hold the same appeal for me.

Silver sold Storer (say that fast 5 times) a few years ago. It sold to a couple, her first name is Jennifer, don't recall the last name off the top of my head. Silver has (or had) a Ricardo Legorreta house in Brentwood as well as a Malibu house on a double lot about a block from the much discussed Lautner Segal House. I'm not positive but think the only FLLW he currently owns is Auldbrass Plantation.

I was fortunate enough to have a private tour of Freeman with Robert Timme (Dean of the USC School of Architecture) in 2004. He was Freeman House's biggest supporter and spent over 90 minutes (it is a tiny house) telling us of the restoration progress, plans and history. Unfortunately, he passed away in October 2005. I have since been on a MAK tour of the house where it appears progress is slowing without someone like Timme to push it forward.

All the early FLLW houses in So. Cal. other than Storer seem to have suffered from extended renovation projects. I understand those involving public funding but have to wonder about the private homes like La Miniatura and also the person who was working with Eric Lloyd Wright to finish Arch Oboler in the hills above Malibu.

Well there is no way I would pay 4, 3 or 2 million for a 1MM place that was listed for that, a million in 2003, no way, I will wait and I am sure I will see that realtor very soon out modeling/stripping, waiting on tables or selling cars........ then I will have the last laugh

then again I could be wrong, CNN today said that now is the best time to buy a house, they are at their lowest prices in 4 years....... I wonder if I could sue CNN if they are wrong ?

Do you know what kind of progress they've made on Eaglefeather, the Obler residence? That's another one I never made it to. I understand it sits on a large property in the hills of Malibu. Other than the gatehouse, retreat and modified stables, has there been any other construction done there?

Last thing I heard, a while back, is that there was going to be an attempt made to construct the main house based on modified plans of the original, somewhat scaled back.

Have been to the Sturges house in Brentwood, what a gem. Is it still owned by Jack Larson? Is he even still alive?

caveman - good we could help "anon 1:05". don't want him wandering the streets thinking all brokers are a**holes because they laughed him out of the office. besides, jan horn already has his one troll fanclub.

LGB, They are working out there but seems like at a snail's pace. Eric Lloyd Wright worked with the new owner to come up with a new design that compliments his grandfather's original plan. I guess there were some major flaws to the original design such as a 100 foot walk from the kitchen to the dining room.

All that was built originally was the foundation, the gatehouse, stables/garage and Eleanor's Retreat. The gatehouse & stables/garage were converted into a much smaller house that the Obolers ultimately lived in - with the foundation of the large house poking off in two directions.

I was last up there in December and the Retreat had been stripped to the framing, the stables/garage had been leveled, and grading was being done around the foundation. That isn't a lot of progress considering it had been 2 years since hearing Eric describe the new plans.

The location is amazing. Very remote and private. I seem to remember hearing it is 100 acres but I could be wrong. The house is near the road (Mulholland Hwy), a small canyon dips out behind the house towards the view with a pond/small lake at the bottom. Eleanor's Retreat is to the left up a fairly steep hill on a promontory.

I think Jack Larson is still alive, don't know if he is still in the house. He would be 80.

Thanks for the update - great info. As I seem to recall the original plans called for the stables to be temporary structures anyway, but it's nice to know that some work is being done, especially on the retreat (what a gem!)

Old Hag in the House:

I think you've wandered into the wrong residence again; that bitch of a daughter was asking if you'd taken you meds . . .